Intro to Cryptic Crosswords
1 The first requirement is to solve each of the cryptic clues left for you to “solve at home.” These answers will fit in the grid.
Hint 2 Anagram definition in the direction of the rising sun
Hint 3 Charades definition strikes
Hint 4 Reversal definition swarm
Hint 5 Hidden definition condescend
Hint 6 Insertion definition tragic girl
Hint 7 Homophone definition heavenly light
Hint 8 Insertion - additional hint think of project as “pro-JECT” not “PRAH-ject”
Hint 9 Homophone - additional hint remember that synonyms need to agree with the word they replace (“bring up”)
10 Having gotten all the words, you need to extract letter(s) from each of them.
11 The very end of the video has the enumeration for the extraction and answer.
12 Note the bolded word in the sub-heading for each type of clue.
13 The bolded words are letter selection indicators.
14 The insertion clue doesn’t have a letter selection indicator because it doesn’t need one.
15 The insertion clue’s answer itself should give you a letter.
16 When you combine the selected letters from the answers, it should give you another cryptic clue of a different type.
Hint 17 Meta clue type The meta clue is a double definition.